Salt-box



(No Made l.)

R. E. OAINE.

SALT BOX.

Patented Oct. 9, 1883..

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ROBERT E. CAINE, or BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN.

SALT-BOX.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 286,384, dated October 9, 1883. Application filed February 23, 1883. (No model.)

To'aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT E. CAINE, of Battle Creek, in the county of Calhoun and. State of lllichigan, have invented a new and Improved Salt-Box, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved receptacle for containing salt and distributing the same evenly over the articles of food to be salted.

The invention consists of a salt box or receptacle containing a central shaft, operated from the exterior of the box by means of a crankhaudle. The shaft is centrally journaled within the box, and is provided with one or more stirring devices-such as a screw-propelleror other form of arms-whereby when the shaft is turned the salt will be loosened or broken up, if caked, thereby promoting the escape of the salt from the perforated cap of the receptacle, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts ,in all the figures.

, Figure l is a longitudinal sectionalelevation of my improved salt-box. Fig. 2 isiasectional plan view of the same on the line as an,

Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the upper agitating wings or blades. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of thebottoni agitating-arms.

A receptacle,-A, of metal, glass, porcelain, or other suitable material, is provided with a perforated removable cap, B. A shaft, 0, is journaled in the bottom D of the vessel and in the cap B, which shaft extends centrally and longitudinally through the vessel, which shaft is provided, below the bottom, with a crankhandle, E, which is surrounded by the base F. On the shaft Q a screw-blade, G, of the diameter of thevessel, is rigidly mounted. On the perforated cap 13.

upper end of the shaft (3 two opposite blades, H, are mounted, the upper edges of which are in close proximity to the under surface of the The upper edges of the blades H are bent over in opposite directions.

On the lower end of the shaft O a series of rods or arms, J, are mounted, which project in opposite directions. The receptacle can be provided with a handle, K, if desired.

The device is used as follows: As is well known, salt absorbs moisture and clogs, and can thenv only be sifted through the perforated cap with great difficulty. vIf the receptacle is inverted and the crankliandle E is turned, the blades H and the rods J loosen the salt and break the lumps, and the screwblade G forces the salt toward the perforated cap, and the blades H press the salt through the perforations in the cap. The salt will then be distributed evenly over the article to be salted. and the quantity of salt to be sifted on the article can be easily gage-d. The blades H remove the salt that collects on the bottom of the cap. The device can also be used for all kinds of spices, but is specially 1 adapted for salt. l

Havingthus described my inventiomI claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a salt-box, the combination, with a receptacle, of a shaft journaled in the same, a

3. In a salt-box, the combination, with thereceptacle A, of the shaft 0, journaled in the same, the handle E, the screw-blade G, blades H, and the rods J, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

ROBERT E. GAINE. .WVitnesses: B. '1. SKINNER,

J on): OAINE. 

